Package com.aowagie.text.pdf

Class PdfIndirectObject

java.lang.Object

com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject

public final class PdfIndirectObject
extends Object

PdfIndirectObject is the Pdf indirect object.

An indirect object is an object that has been labeled so that it can be referenced by other objects. Any type of PdfObject may be labeled as an indirect object.
An indirect object consists of an object identifier, a direct object, and the endobj keyword. The object identifier consists of an integer object number, an integer generation number, and the obj keyword.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.7' section 3.2.9 (page 63-65).

See Also:

• PdfObject
• PdfIndirectReference

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final byte[]	ENDOBJ
private int	generation	the generation number
private final int	number	The object number
private final PdfObject	object
private static final byte[]	STARTOBJ
private final PdfWriter	writer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)	Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.
(package private)	PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)	Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PdfIndirectReference	getIndirectReference()	Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.
(package private) void	writeTo(OutputStream os)	Writes efficiently to a stream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

number

private final int number

The object number

generation

private int generation

the generation number

STARTOBJ

private static final byte[] STARTOBJ

ENDOBJ

private static final byte[] ENDOBJ

object

private final PdfObject object

writer

private final PdfWriter writer

Constructor Details

PdfIndirectObject

PdfIndirectObject(int number,
 PdfObject object,
 PdfWriter writer)

Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

Parameters:

number - the object number

object - the direct object

PdfIndirectObject

private PdfIndirectObject(int number,
 int generation,
 PdfObject object,
 PdfWriter writer)

Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

Parameters:

number - the object number

generation - the generation number

object - the direct object

Method Details

getIndirectReference

public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference()

Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.

Returns:

a PdfIndirectReference

writeTo

void writeTo(OutputStream os)
      throws IOException

Writes efficiently to a stream

Parameters:

os - the stream to write to

Throws:

IOException - on write error